Data centers, APIs and what they mean to journalism

For journalists, creating a database means sifting through tons of raw, often unorganized data, presenting it in an indexable way and sometimes finding the stories buried deep in the data. This is part of the long tradition of journalism: synthesizing information before it is presented to the public. The latest trend of posting raw data to the web means the public can examine news and statistics without filter and find their own stories without having a group of journalists figuring it out for them.

The online presentation of raw data has taken many forms.

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